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What does facetious mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word facetious? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. Treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humour; flippant.
  2. Pleasantly humorous; jocular.
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But snobbishness is, in its way, a serious subject, and another, less facetious book could easily be written about it.
This slightly facetious example is an illustration of a problem that is causing some real teeth-gnashing.
Apparently, she isn't being facetious at all, and it was a serious question.
Forgive me for being facetious in these desperately serious times, but sometimes ridicule is the only release from anger.
I realize he was likely being facetious with discussing how he's perfect, but it still amazes me that he'd say it.
And to inspire you to thought, to an occasional smile, to facetious remarks or even to philosophizing over your own relationship with flying.

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